The end result here was that Emirates updated their policy, allowing 100% refunds for all COVID cancellations. This coincided with the cancellation of the remaining legs on my ticket which were not cancelled initially, hence I was able to leverage the Emirates policy and did not have to fall back on EC 261 rules to claim a refund.
The refund request was filed in the middle of April and the refund came through Mid July with a total deduction of about INR 1000 (which was less than 1% of the total booking amount)
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